Practing English skills through music

Hello fellow students!

Studying English isn't always that fun and students often ask me different ways to put their English skills into practice. Music is something that everybody (usually) loves. Today I'm going to show you one way to test your listening with a song by Ed Sheeran, Perfect. Yeah, yeah, you've probably listened to it a couple of times already, but now, let's actually pay attention to it.

Lyrics Training is an awesome website where you can listen to your favorite songs and check how much you know them. There are two types of gaming: write mode and choice mode. I strongly suggest write mode for the ones who are feeling lucky because it is extra hard, as you have to type fast and minding the spelling as well.

I've prepared an exercise with Perfect and you can check it here.

And, most importantly, download the following PDF file, with some important verbs and vocabulary in the lyrics. You need not only to sing it, but also to understand it.

VOCABULARY (English to Portuguese)

Barefoot - de pés descalços

Mess - bagunça

Breath - respirar/respiração

Odds - chances/estatísticas

Grass - grama

DISCUSSION

Do you like this song?

Do you believe is this utopic kind of love portraited in romantic songs?

How many points did you scored in the Lyrics Training activity?

Best regards, from your teacher,

and never forget: have a good time!